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Photo courtesy of the CDCCOVID is surging, but new vaccines have been approved. Here’s what to know -
Jo Ingles/Statehouse News BureauThe Ohio Department of Health is tracking both the mosquito-borne West Nile virus and COVID.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week shortened the number of days a COVID-positive person must isolate. We talk with an infectious disease expert to explain the new guidelines. -
In the face of rising COVID-19 cases, Dr. Bob Wachter of the University of California, San Francisco, offers reasons to be hopeful about the pandemic's outlook in the months ahead. -
Ohio State University said all students living in on-campus housing will have to take a COVID-19 test when they arrive for the spring semester beginning Monday. -
The U.S. hit a new record high for infections in a single day on Monday, with 1,082,549 new cases recorded. Hospitalizations are also on the rise, but not at the same rate. -
Gov. Mike DeWine has deployed more than a thousand Guard personnel to health care facilities. -
The move to shorten the Pfizer booster interval comes as the U.S. shatters daily case records. The recommended interval for those who received Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines has not changed. -
U.S. Senator Rob Portman said on Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19. -
Airlines have canceled thousands of flights since Christmas weekend, leaving travelers scrambling to figure out how to book new seats and get reimbursements for added expenses. -
Columbus on Tuesday added even more schools to the list where students would learn remotely because of staffing shortages. -
Ohio hospitalizations for COVID-19 have hit a pandemic record high for the second day running.
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Like Ohio’s hospitals, the lobby group for nursing homes reports many of those in the Buckeye State are short-staffed due to the surge in COVID cases. -
Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said the record-high number of cases right now is driving record-high hospitalizations. He uses the word, “tsunami” when describing this surge, driven by the omicron variant. -
The National Veterans Memorial Museum will be closed through January 16, Ohio State is closing all concessions at athletic events, and multiple events throughout Central Ohio have been canceled due to the rise in COVID cases. -
Ohio and 26 other Republican-led states have sued to stop the mandates, saying OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is overstepping its authority. -
The two cases are in a preliminary posture, but how the court rules will very likely signal how these issues are ultimately resolved. -
Pet owners across Northeast Ohio and the country are finding it difficult to get treatment for their furry family members. -
Montana's largest hospital recently signed employment contracts with two dozen foreign nurses. Nationwide, a backlog of 5,000 international nurses await approval to enter the U.S. -
The new recommendation for adolescents age 12-17 came hours after a panel of CDC advisers voted in favor of it. The boosters should be given five months after initial immunization. -
The new surge of COVID-19 cases is causing homeless shelters to return to programs run out of motels and hotels. -
Business & EconomyOhio meat packing facilities currently have a significant backlog, with some places fully booked until 2023. That’s why the Ohio Department of Development, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, recently announced new meat processing grants of up to $250,000.
